, 1887-08-04
THE COOP.

the Benefit of the Criminal Element.
Spokane county never had Jail
worthy of the name until the COM
rnissioners contracted with the
Pauly Co., of st. Louis, to build the
one that has just been completed in
this city and which Is now ready for
use. For years the authorities have
used a wooden pen at Cheney that
has cost more than the new building,
and which has never retained aspris-
oner that the officers were really de-
sirous of keeping. Escapes have
been a common occurrence, and the
utmost vigilance of the officers
could not prevent Jail deliveries.
This is now at an end and the man
who escapes from the new Jail will
be entitled to his liberty. The new
structure, in which those who are
compelled to occupy it will take a
great deal of pride, is located in one
of the most attractive portions of
the city, and the cheerful and pictur-
esque view from the spot will no
doubt be fully appreciated by those
who will only have chance to en-
joy the surroundings at distance.
with walls q feet high. 1t is sup
ment in use in the construction, fit
ting and finishing of homes for the
wicked, and is a perfect piece of
work from the outside keyhole to
the iron-ribbed roof. 1t is put to-
gether with the single eye
of retaining those who are
put inside, and it will fill the
bill to the letter in that par
ticular. On the outside there is a
bare sweep of brick wall, while on
the interior, iron, very tough iron,
is the material used. Friday a re-
porter for the REVIEW visited the
new Jail in company with Messrs.
Holley and Shatfer. They went
armed with implements to test the
work as well as to view it. The en-
try to- the corridor of the Jail is
through solid iron doors, with four
locks between the inside and free
dom. There is a corridor five feet
wide and four cells 64xS
feet for male prisoners. These
are simply iron boxes, enclosed with
network of bars, three soft and two
hard iron, five-ply. Upon this iron
the investigating committee tested
the chisels. They used five chisels.
The edge of the tools was knocked
of, while the impression made upon
the bars did not disturb the paint.
The cell doors are so arranged that
the jaier can stand outside of the
corridor and by the motion of lever
lock or unlock all the cells at one
time. There are four hunks in each
cell, made of canvas, which can be
lOoped up to the walls out of the
way when not in use. The floor and
ceiling of the corridor are of solid iron
with the impossible bars the same
as the cells. In the front.apartment
are two cells for women, upon which
trifle less iron work is to be seen,
and above them are two cells for in
sane. In the construction of the
coop sanitary precautions have not
been overlooked, and we're it not for
the chilly iron constantly staring a
man in the face, shutting out hopes
of out door exercise, u residence
inside would not be such serious
matter. The building is we'll ventil-
lated, and arranged for the comfort
of the guests. The structure was
built by the Pauly Jail Building
Manufacturing company, of st.
Louis, as mentioned above, a firm
the handiwork of which is to be seen
all over the western country, and
which has been loaded down with
anathemas by the many hardened
cases who have tested the durability
Of its work, and have learned by eX-
perience that once in means stay
there until liberation comes through
the hands of the law. The contract
for the building was made through
r., A. Holbrook, genera! agent for the
Pauly company, and the construction
was under the superintendency of /.
Il. Benham. The job is good one all
through, and Spokane county now
possesses jail that can be depended
upon under all circumstances. The
county needed it, and the invest
ment was good one for the COM
missioners to make.